The Straits Times, 8 May 1952

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAY AS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S I'WEI.VE P.I(iES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1§52." PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    COLONY WATER IN DANGER
    301 1 Public told: Get store tanks to beat the supply cuts SINGAPORE Water Department yesterday said that it could not guarantee a 24-hour water supply to all parts of the Colony «in the next three months. A spokesman told the Straits Times: "If consumers want a continuous
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    Inside the Palace
    32 1 TBK mUB DRAWING ROOM IN BCCKIMGBAM P&L&Ct. Ms ytotan wh takes shortly before the QjMjtT infV| family awrN U»te the Palace from ftittottmiK, attar «fc«ir retain from Windsor Castle.
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    'THE LIMIT WE CAN GO' SAYS RIDGWAY
    237 1 'THE LIMIT WE CAN GO' SAYS RIDGWAY TOKYO, Wed. p ENERAL Matthew B. Ridgway, retiring United Nations Supreme Commander in Korea, today broke the silence on the armistice talks to announce the Communists had rejected the latest United Nations proposals. These were the limit the United Nations could go, he
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    Madam Yeo loses claim
    52 1 'FHE Singapore High Court yesterday dismissed the claim of Madam Yeo Siew Neo for a share In the estate of Mr. Lee Siew Kow. a Rubber merchant (Full report in Page eight) T n her Qeylang home last night. Madam Yeo said she would appeal against
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    Warned Reds
    20 1 A civilian who warned bandits of approaching security forces has been arrested in the Taiplng area of Perak.
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    Grounded liner refloated
    37 1 MELBOURNE, Wed— The 28.164-ton Orient liner. Orcades, was refloated tonight after running aground early today on a sand bar inside Port Philip Bay, Victoria. Tugs fought for hours to free the ship. Reuter, AAP.
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    IT'SLUCKY THIRTEEN
    84 1 but no takers PENANG Wed. THE Pulau Tikus deity King of the Water Fairies, who tipped the winning number. 54, in last Saturday's "100 characters" game and won about $200,000 for the villagers, has now given No. 13 for tomorrow, second day of the Penang Turf Club autumn
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    Mock warfare on Formosa
    41 1 TAIPEH, Wed. Admiral Arthur W. Radford. C-ln-C of the United States Pacifl Fleet, today watched a Na? ionallst air-ground joint manoeuvre south of Taipeh. The- manoeuvre is believed to be the largest ever staged on Formosa.— Reuter.
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    Sir Rob in Perak
    23 1 IPOH, Wed.— General Sir Rob Lockhart, accompanied by Mr. I. W. Blelloch. British Adviser, Perak, today toured central Perak.
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    Souvenir
    127 1 THE STRAITS TIMES THOMAS CUP SOUVENIR wiH contain a full survey of the world's leading badminton players It will tell the story in words and pictures of the men of j four nations who are competing in Malaya for j the international champion- ship The Souvenir, w^ich will i
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    Mr. Nehru picks Ministers
    59 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. The Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, was today busy formIng a new Cabinet to be sworn in when the newlyelected Lower House meets for the first time next Tuesday. It Is expected to include at least five new ministers but the main structure
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    S'pore must be on equal footing
    254 1 THEY WANT MERGER, BUT SAY: SEVERAL Singapore leaders agreed yesterday with the statement in England of the former Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, that the Colony and the federation most be merged. "But", added two of them, "we must get equitable representation in
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    Templer and Nicoll confer
    80 1 KUALA UMPUR Wed. DISCUSSIONS on "matten of mutual concern" t-> the Federation and Singapore are being held at King's House, Kuala Lumpur, between the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer. and the Governor of Singapore, Mr. I. F. NicoU. Mr. Nicoll flew to Kuala Lumpur this
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    Councillor charged in Kuala Lumpur
    143 1 mt i n m KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. If L DEVAoER, Kuala Lumpur lawyer, Municipal Councillor and president of the Malayan Indian 2^ re f i w^ s charged in Kuala Lumpur today with Riving false information to the Assistant Controller or Immigration. r Devaser claimed
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    Murdered
    18 1 A worker on a tin mine in the Tapah area of Perak has been murdered by terrorists.
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    SOCIALISTS WIN GLASGOW
    92 1 GLASGOW Wed I l ABOUR has won control of Glasgow and Aberdeen In the Scottish municipal election* Results early today show- ed that the Socialists had gained nine seats In Glasgow, where right-wing Progressives have been in control for three years. Labour now has a majority of
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    V.C. TAXMAN ARRIVES
    46 1 T'HB first of a six-man investigation team for the Malayan income Tax Department, Mr. R. E. Phillips. V. C. arrived In Singapore Dy Qan-tas-BOAC from London yesterday. Mr. Phillips is here on a 12--month contract and will make his headquarters In Kuala Lumpur.
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    Mr. Butler throws in the towel
    76 1 LONDON. Wed. \/JR RICHARD BUTLER, XfA Chancellor of the Exchequer, "threw the towel in" in the House of Commons last night after members of all parties some of them famous names In sports had flailed his proposal for a higher entertainment tax on football
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    ANOTHER A-BOMB GOES OFF
    60 1 ANOTHER A-BOMB GOES OFF LAS VEGAS, Wed. THE detonation of an atomic bomb 75 miles away at Yucca Flat brilliantly lighted up the pre-dawn sky here today. After the first flash oi white light, there was a golden glow In the sky. Observers In Los Angeles 250 miles away, reported
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    Ministersget new jobs
    101 1 LONDON, Wed. MR. Alan Lennox-Boyd. Minuter of State for Colonial Affairs, becomes Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation in a Ministerial reshuffle announced to* night. Mr. lain MacLeod becomes Minister of HeaCth in place or Mr. Harry Crookshank, and Mr. Henry L. Hopkinson. Minister of State for
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    Rubber market becomes steadier
    164 1 SINGAPORE Rubber Market became steady yesterday after four days of nervous selling by Malayan producers and stockholders. Last night, first grade rubber closed at 951 cents a lb.— l* cents above price. There was less selling from upcountry and slightly Increased local buying and a few
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    AIR LINK
    25 2 DACCA, Wed. Dacca, capital of East Pakistan, will foe linked with London and Sydney by a BOAC air servicf from today. A. P.
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    Theft from army
    28 2 WASHINGTON, Wed. More than U555,000,000 worth of goods have been stolen from the United State* army In Korea for the Korean black market A P.
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    Anglo-U.S. dispute for top Govt. talks
    195 2 1 IVAVkL -COMkAIW' IN MEDITERRANEAN LONDON, Wed. rpHB 18-MONTH-O L O Anglo-American dispute over the naval command In the Mediterranean Is to be referred to the top political level. It was authoritatively learned yesterday. The decision follows the failure to resolve the issue in
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    Expert to investigate island
    91 2 Expert to investigate island LONDON, Wed. PKISTAN has swat a cwalogical expert to Kutubila, an IsUnd oft the coast of East Pakistan, to investigate whether it Is developing into another Krakatoa, the Indonesian Island whose volcanic explosion in 1883 killed 36.0 M pe*pte. Sulphur has been found an KwtaMla which
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    WALK-OUT FROM MADRAS COUNCIL
    94 2 WALK-OUT FROM MADRAS COUNCIL MADRAS, Wed. POLICE arrested 12 demonstrators around the State Parliament yesterday as Opposition members left the Chamber in protest against an appointment made by the State Governor. Mr. Prakasam, Governor of Madras, was about to open the newly-elected legislature with a joint address to Assembly and
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    'IKE' LEAVES ROME
    61 2 ROMS, Wed.— Gen. Eisenhower said here today that "no real prosperity or progress in Europe Is possible without unification". The General was making a farewell statement at the end of a 24-hour visit to Italy. He left for Paris in a special plane after calling on President
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    Petrol for cars not rationed
    32 2 WASHINGTON. Wed.— The Secretary of the Interior. Mr. Oscar Chapman, said today that the petroleum administration for defence does not plan to ration petrol to motorists.— UP.
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    NEW PAPAL GUARDS
    107 2 NEW PAP AL GUARDS VATICAN CITY, Wed. ROLLING drums and shrilling pipes broke the quiet of Vatican City yesterday when 24 recruits in bright 16th century uniforms took the oath as members of Uw Pope's Swiss Guard. It was the 425 th anniversary of the day when 147 men of
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    'Kremlin thrown off balance'
    91 2 'Kremlin thrown off balance WASHINGTON, Wednesday. MR W AVERELL HARRIMAN, Mutual Security Director, said yesterday that the Kremlin had been thrown off balance by the progress of negotiations to bring West Germany into the Western defence organisation. Mr. Harriman said Soviet leaden "do not know what to do and have
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    Envoy arrives
    18 2 MOSCOW. Wed. The newly-apointcd United States Ambassador to Russia, Mr. Gecrge Forest Kennan, arrived today.— Reuter.
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    SIKH HANGED AT CARDIFF
    34 2 CARDIFF. Wed. A 1 1t Singh. 27-year-old Sikh, wtt executed here today for murdering Mrs. Joan Thomas, a young widow, whom he shot In the street at Bridgend. Glamorganshire. Reuter
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    HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM PROMISE
    316 3 Move as soon as economic crisis ends LIBERALS WANT ONLY A HANDFUL LONDON, Wednesday. GOVERNMENT promised yesterday to consider reforms for the 900-year-old House of Lords as soon as it had weathered the present economic crisis. The Marquess of Salisbury, Secretary of State for Commonwealth
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    FROM BALLET TO BATTERSEA
    35 3 FROM BALLET TO BATTERSEA MISS MARGERY KENT, 30-year-old ballet dancer, and now drum majorette to the military band at the Battersea Festival Gardens, rehearses for the new season which starts on May 24. Renter photo.
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    Birthday at a Queen
    75 3 QUEEN JULIANA and members of her family teen on the stepa ef the royal palace at Soestdijk as they watched delegations from the eleven Dutch provinces and the cities of Rotterdam and Amsterdam march past to fanfares and drums in the palace grounds. The occasion was
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    State mines in Bolivia
    58 3 LA PAZ. Wed. nOLIVIA'S new government M 3 wIM nationalise the country's mines, railway* and unproductive estates, the Minister of Petrol and Mines, Seno r Juan Lechin. B aid yesterday. President Dr. Victor Pas Bstensoro said that nationallaatlon of tin mine* would be carried out "even
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    Royal visit expected in 1954
    89 3 SYDNEY. Wed. JMIREE Australian news--1 papers said today Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh woald visit Australia in 1954. Th,. Sydney Morning Herald said that th« agreement had been arranged in an exchano of cables and that an official announcement wa N expected to
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    Israel breaks off talks
    42 3 JERUSALEM. Wed. I»--raei'.s Parliament decided tonight to suspend negotiations with Germany on compensation for victims of the Nazi terror Talks weie adjourned indePnitely on Apr. 7, following disagreement over the ccst of resettling displaced Jews in Israc'. -Reuter
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    Tornado deaths
    23 3 DACCA. Wed— A tornado swept Faridpur east Pakistan, yesterday destroying about 3.500 houses. Two people were killed and 200 injured— A.P.
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    STRIKE TIES UP 100 SHIPS
    90 3 MELBOURNE Wed. AUSTRALIA'S second na- ion-wide port stoppage in five weeks will leave 100 ships idle today. At midnight 27.000 waterside workers began a 24--hour strike. They were called out so that mass- meetings could be held at all ports to discuss pay grievances. At
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    Montessori dies
    19 3 THE HAQUE. Wed. Dr. Maria Montessori who evolved the Montessori educational system died tonight aged 81. Reuter.
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    AID FOR SPAIN
    33 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. An amendment to include military assistance for Spain In the mutual security bill now pending in the House Foreign Affairs Committee la under consideration by the committee.— U.P.
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    Radford at Taipeh
    28 3 TAIPEH. Wed. Admiral Arthur Radford, Comman-der-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet, arrived here today by air from Hon* Kong for a four-day visit— Reuter.
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    Burmese debt discussions
    47 3 RANGOON. Wed. Burma's Foreign Minister, Sao :Hk'Jn Kio. will soon fly to London to discuss repayment of his country's £27.--*****0 sterling debt to Britain Britain recently declined to sanction postponement of the debt, the first Instalment of which fell due on Apr. 1. —Reuter.
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    French free former Tunisian ministers
    124 3 TUNIS, Wednesday. TUNISIAN Nationalist Ministers held in forced residence in south Tunisia since they were ousted from the cabinet by the French on Mar 26 have been freed. They are M Mohamed Chenik, the former Prime Minuter; Dr. Mohammed Ben Balem, former Health Minister Mohammed
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    Cow plague worst for 28 years
    101 3 LONDON, Wed. T'HK Gevenuaeat today banned the movement of all livestock throughout England and Wales, as foot and month plague spread in- England and to Jersey, home of the famous pedigreed milk cows. Jersey was declared la restricted area. Dec* found running loose were
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    Trade union arrests
    84 3 LONDON, Wed. MR. Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, wu asked question* in the Houae of Commons last night on the recent arrest of trade union leaders In the Sudan. He said he had been Informed that three leaders who had made "Inflammatory political speeches" were recently detained for
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    LAW LECTURE TO JAPS
    50 3 LONDON, Wed. Three Tokyo- High Court judge* now on a month's tour of England heard a talk here today on the British legal system given by Lord Schuster. Clerk of the Crown In Chancery and permanent secretary to the Lord Chancellor from 1915 to 1944.— Reuter.
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    German zonal trade pact
    39 3 BERLIN. Wed. East and Wf*t Oermanv have signed a trade agreement to revive lrter-aone commerce which has been ai a standstill for nine months. Total value of trade agreed on will be about £10,--000.000 —Reuter.
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    CLARK IN TOKYO
    26 3 TOKYO, Wed. Gen. Mar!: Clark arrived here by air today from the United States to take over United Nations forces in Korea. Reuter.
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    CUTS IN FOREIGN AID BILL
    129 3 r WASHINGTON, Wed. E House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee toda y voted 1 to cut $1,010,900,000 from President Truman's $7,900,000,000 foreign aid bill. Its chairman Mr J. P Richards said ail of the cats —totalling 12.8 per centwere from money requested for Europe. Mr
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    Egyptian pledge of Nile unity
    135 3 Sudan solution still sought CAIRO, Wednesday. THE Egyptian Premier, Hilalj Pasha, made no direct reference to the London Anglo-Egyptian talks In a nationwide broadcast tonight bat gave an Indirect indication that Egypt had turned down the latest British proposals. Broadcasting on the 16th i anniversary
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    Chou says Jap treaty is illegal
    116 3 Chou says Jap treaty is illegal LONDON, Wed. rjMiE Chinese Foreign Min--1 ister, Mr. Chou En Lai. said yesterday "the forcible imposition on the Japanese people of the illegal separate j peace treaty" had further undermined the peace and security of the whole Far East and Asia, the New i
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    New key posts cheated to fight the Emergency
    329 4 Federation Government Is streamlined KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE tremendous reorganisation and atreamlining of the machinery of government in the Federation gince the arrival of the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, U detailed for the first time today with the publication of
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    $1,000,000 AID FOR KUALA LUMPUR HOUSING
    94 4 $1,000,000 AID FOR KUALA LUMPUR HOUSING KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. SELANGOR is the only State which has asked for financial assistance from the Housing Trust to launch a scheme to relieve the housing shortage. This was stated In the Federal Legislative Council today by the Member for Works and Housing, Mr.
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    Honeymoon flight
    69 4 AYOUNO couple arrived In Singapore yestesday in their own Percival Proctor aircraft. They are flying from Britain to Australia where they intend to settle. The couple. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cherry, were married in London on Apr. 5 and began their journey on Apr. 22. Mr. Cherry, who
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    S'pore hotels raided 14 times
    51 4 Fiv e cases of 111-treatment were investigated by the Bocial Welfare Department in Singapore last month Fourteen raids were made during the month on hotel* Co-operation in anti-vice work between Social Welfare. the CID and Royal Air Force continues, and several Juvenile prostitutes were brought
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    Moved loaves of bread
    47 4 JOHORE BAHRU Wed. Koh Choon Eng. an afmy contractor. wa s fined $30 for moving 300 logves of bread at Uhi Tiram without a permit Koh told the court that he had a permit but It expired on Tuesday. The bread was confiscated.
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    LORONG 21 -COUNCIL MAY PAY
    128 4 CINGAPORE City Council is considering taking over Lorong 21, Oeylang, as a public street to be repaired and maintained by the Council. In 1928 this lorong was made up to municipal standard for taking over as a public street, at the expense of the frontagers.
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    Kallang was closed
    52 4 AN extra Malayan Airways serv»e« to Penan* had, on its return, to land at Cfcaagi airfield last BigM owing to the temporary closure «f Kallang airport a* nl h Tbe aircraft left the Colony in (■^•fternftM*!" 1 four Americans f«r Penang sad returned U the C«lor> late
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    DRIVER FINED
    32 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Kemat bfn Saltm, who carried flv e passengers In bis lorry from Singapore to Johore Bahru wa s fined M 0 1° tne Johore Bahru Policy Court
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    THEFT ALLEGED
    36 4 KUALA LUMPUB, Wed. 8. Retnam,- charged at Kuala Lumpur today with stealing 32 katls of telephone wire, worth $100, Unified trial. Tht case was postponed to June 16 and bail of $200 was allowed.
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    CASE DROPPED
    27 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. A chars;* of causing hurt; against Shah bin Hussaln, was withdrawn today. Toe court granted a dlscharre not amounting to an acquit-
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    NOT ENEMIES ANYMORE.... Trip-ashore ban angers Japs
    220 4 NOT ENEMIES ANYMORE.... Trip-ashore ban angers Japs r<REW of the first Japanese ship to call at Singav pore since the signing of the Japanese peace treaty ten days ago were angry yesterday that the Colony Government still banned them from going ashore. The master of the 7.000--ton freighter Ginko Maru.
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    WORKERS REJECT OFFER
    138 4 WORKERS REJECT OFFER AN emergency meeting of the Singapore Battery Manufacturing Workers' Union yesterday turned down the National Carbon (Eastern) Company's offer of 15-days wages as compensation for 240 workers who were recently "lald-off". This was the third meeting of the workers with the company since the other 310 workers
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    Fashion parade to aid fund
    62 4 A combined fashion parade and cocktail party, organised byVanity Salon in aid of St Andrew's School Building Fund, will be held on June 11 at Raffles Hotel. Eight women will display the model gowns. They are: Josephine West. Thelma Leek, Noreen Mallal. Owen Day. Joyce
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    12,000 U.S. CARBINES FOR POLICE
    127 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TWELVE thousand American carbines and four million rounds of 300 ammunition have been ordered by the Federation Police Force, the Federal Leeislatlve Council was told today. A sum of $44 million has already been approved for the purchase of the carbines 'and
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    YOUTH TO AID IN VOTERS' REGISTRATION
    211 4 YOUTH TO AID IN VOTERS' REGISTRATION MEMBERS of Singapore youth organisations will begin campaigning on Monday to register voters for the legislative and city council elections. Mr A. 11. Cherian, president of the Singapore Youth Council, told the Straits Times yesterday: I "Representatives of member organisations will come I to
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    Lost pen was found on Wong
    50 4 PENANO. Wed.— ror retaining a stolen Pen and breaking a sis months- band. Wong Hor Mow vu today sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment Court Inspector Sahib 3ingh said that after P«n was lost In a bus two constables found the pen In Wong's possession
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    Sultan sells 27 houses to Govt.—for $3 million
    169 4 Sultan sells 27 houses to Go vt.— for $3 million KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rl Federation Govern ■scat has bought 27 hows ea In Johore Bahru from the Sultan of Johore f«r SS.fH.M6. The boos*, stand on 31 acres •f land at Jalaa Straits view, Jalan Seadal and Covmbe Hill. The
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    Maxwell Rd. "island' to be re-shaped
    116 4 Maxwell Rd. "island' to be re-shaped AS from next Sunday, the trafflc Uland at the Junction qf Maxwell Road and South Bridge Road Singapore will be «itered to include Murray Street, which runs behind the restaurant on the west sid* of Maxwell Road Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth. chief of
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    To recruit more co-op men
    36 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Department for Cooperative Development is to recruit more co-operative officers, the Member for Home Affairs, Dato Onn bin Ja afar, told the Federal Legislative Council this mornlnf.
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    $18,000 building for Hakka sruild
    32 4 KUANTAN. Wed. Plans and site ror a Hakka Guild building, at Sungei Limbing has been approved The building v to cost SIS.MO. About $7,000 hu been collected.
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    CASE WITHDRAWN
    31 4 JOHORE BAHRU Wed Lbn Joora Soon, was discharged when the prosecution withdraw a charge of attempting to commit suicide against htm. The discharge did not amount to an acquittal.
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    More people but fewer doctors in Federation
    117 4 KUALA LTJMMJR. Wed. Sum* 1»M. US doctors ALTHOUGH the popia- 'vS^stSSJ^Si Atunot the Federation S^ Uh the Dr number of ret Jttcred mcdl- Of these. M ai> in precal practitioners In privato vat* practice and M In service has decreased la Government service,
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      121 4 M.( A.. Raffles Quay, dreasmaking, 10 am French rtass. 10 afla V M (A Orchard Road cricket practice. S pm.; French clas». aJO pjn.; games, 6.90 p.m talk oy Mr T Gordon Perkins on "The New Testament," S p.m. Chfatcac V.M.C.A., Selegie Read. games. 5.30 p m tree Math* dasa,
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    Laubach visits new villages
    48 5 IPOH, Wed.— Dr. Frank Laubach of the World Literacy Organisation today spent a busy morning in Ipoh after his arrival by plane from Kuala Lumpur. H e visited three of the biggest new villages in the district— the Pasir Plnji Gur.ong Rapat and Buntong
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    Lorry burnt
    24 5 The passengers of a lorry Mave been robbed by bandits In the Jasin area of Malacca. The lorry was set n fire.
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    $182,643 to keep idle mill
    73 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. MEMBER for Economic Affairs. Mr. o. G. Spencer, told Tuan Haji Mohd. Rejab in a written reply in the Federal Legislative Council today that the maintenance cost of the idle Government rice mill at Anak Bukit. in Ke.lah was $88,065 in 1950
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    HOME FOR T.B. INCURABLES
    196 5 First of many steps to fight growing disease THE Chinese community in Singapore is to build a home for tuberculosis incurables in the Colony. This was decided yesterday at a twohour meeting of representatives of 20 leading Chinese associations. This home may be built at the
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    35 5 AN ALOR STAR schoolgirl. Miss Lint Sum Gee (centre). won Kedah's first all-community fashion contest held last week-end. Runners up were Miss Muniara Mamin (left) and Mis s 8. F. Tin. third straits Times picture.
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    NEW HOME GUARD APPROVED
    158 5 NEW HOME GUARD APPROVED KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Federal Legislative Council today approved the establishment for the new Home Guard which is being set up in the Federation under Major-General de Fontblanque. the InspectorGeneral. Headquarters of the Home Guard will be at Penang with rear-headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Salary for
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    Fair price shops
    137 5 PENANO, Wed. I TNDER the heading "Here's where you can get a square deal." the Penang Fair Price* Committee today issued an additional list of 12 shops which would sell goods at prices suggested by the committee. The new fair price shops we Ban Poh Seng (54.
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    Planter's wife had no I-card
    68 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Mrs. Daphne Edith Gardiner, wife of a planter on SedenaK Estate, was fined $80 here today for failing to obtain an identity card. She arrived in the country on Nov. 3, 1950 and only went to get an identity card on Tuesday
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    SPEED TEST
    30 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. A fitter, Chia Kay Hock, who took a motor van out to test the brakes, was fined $90 in the police court today for speeding.
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    'Good' husband drowned himself
    188 5 TROUBLE AT HOTEL, THEN AFTER misappropriating money from the Hotel de la Europe ("Cockpit"), in Singapore, where he was employed as a store and book-keeper, 28--year-old Fam Guek Yam, drowned himself, it was said in Singapore Coroner's court today. Hi* body was picked up in the
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    TIPS THAT BRING NO REWARD
    194 5 TIPS THAT BRING NO REWARD KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ON January 4 and 7 thia year 11,610 bayonets 705 shotguns and 19 rounds of machine-gun ammunition were found In the jungle near Batu Caves, seven miles from Kuala Lumpur, according to written answers by the Secretary for Defence, Mr E. B.
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    SENTENCED
    32 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Tay Ec Teck was sentenced at Johore Bahru to one day's imprisonment and fined $200, in default four months' imprisonment, for illegally tapping rubber on Ulu Tiram Estate.
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    GAOL FOR ROBBERY
    63 5 Tan Chin Ouan, aged 25, was yesterday gaoled for a year by Singapore First District and Criminal Judge. Mr. Tan Ah Tah, for robbing a woman of cash and Jewellery amounting to $139. Tan robbed the woman. Baby Wee, of two gold chains, a gold locket and
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    32 5 SOME BOYS SWIMMINfi near the thousand-odd logs left lying loosely by fishermen along the sandy stretch at Marine Parade in Singapore. These log s constitute a menace to swimmers. Straits Times picture.
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    Modern fishing unit for Malaya
    189 5 Modern fishing unit for Malaya KIAI..A LUMPUR, Wed. THE Federal Legislative Council today approved the expenditure o f $180,000 to bring to Malaya th« nucleus of a modern fishing unit which will enable Government in one year to net $90,000 from catches. The unit, consisting of a skipper, six fishermen,
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    Ipoh bus men give strike ultimatum
    129 5 Ipoh bus men give strike ultimatum IPOH, Wed. rUR bus companies in Ipoh, presented with two demands by the Perak Motor Vehicle Employers' Union for acceptance or face a strike of all union members employed by the companies, have rejected the demands. A spokesman for the companies said this afternoon
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    Hannah going on leave
    42 5 IPOH, Wed.— Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hannah, of Ipoh, are going on leave to Britain this month. Mr. Hannah is deputy general manager (commercial) of Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Company and chairman of Perak Turf Club Committee.
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    CLEAR LOGS FROM BEACH, HE URGES
    134 5 A SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor. Mr John Laycock (Prog.. Katong) is to demand the removal of more than 1.000 kelong logs from the beach at Marine Parade Mr. Laycock told the Straits Times that he would ask the Commissioner of I Lands to order the
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      185 5 Blackout schedule CUB- STATIONS liable to load sheddinc today are: DAY Nanson Rd.. Lam Soon Oil Mills. Guan Hln. It Netwwk, IK Kartorv, River Valley Rd.. Killm.-. Rd., Orchard Rd.. Adelphi, Picker ta» M./fhurt-h St.. Prince St./ Market St.. Raffies i'l./Malarra St.. Hume Pine. Rheem. Kord. Bin Seng. Wire Mesh,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. May 8, 1952. The Malayan Citizen
    1112 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. May 8, 1952. The Malayan Citizen The Federal Legislative Council's approval yesterday of the report of its Select Committee on amendment of the Federation Agreement ensures a purely formal third reading of the Citizenship Bill when the Council meets again today. This Federal Bill deals
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    IS THE GOVT. PREPARED FOR A RUBBER SLUMP?
    809 6 'What was visible through the telescope a year ago is today plainly visible to the naked eye* r|N May 5, 1952, the price of rubber fell to $1, recovering to $1.01 per lb. How much further can it fall? There are some
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      338 6 FURTHER to last Saturday's letter, "Corruption allegations in the 5.1. T.", and with no intention of belittling the S.lT.'s achievements. I was staying in a house which was on Crown land and which was demolished on the orders of the Government because of proposed S.I.T. building schemes in
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      The pre-war yen
      239 6 rpHE B.M.A. in 1946 invited from the public parti- culars of Yen holdings in Malaya with a view, perhaps, to extracting some value from the enemy in respect of such money. Nothing further has been heard about the matter, but the question, I hope, has not been
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    The lot of the Services
    794 6 LONDON. SERVICEMEN In Malay;, and Singapore will no need to be told that this station is more expensive live in than any other overseas theatre, with the exception of Bermuda, where, it k to be supposed, the influx of wealthy American visitors v responsible for
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    414 6 On the Margin Of the cigar HAVING discussed the pineapple and the banana, and the growth of words ancient and modern in the languages of the world, our Ipoh correspondent of yesterday turns his attention to urotine Probably no Malay realises, he says, that the pineapple and tobacco were brought
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    CITIZENSHIP CHARTER APPROVED
    868 7 Federal Council passes new basis for Malayan nation KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A NEW basis of citizenship was accepted unanimously today by the Federal Legislative Council after a 90-minute debate. Dato Abdul Razak bifi Dato Hussain called it "a charter of nationhood which should be a fout dation
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    35 LOSE HOMES IN SPORE BLAZE
    200 7 35 LOSE HOMES IN SPORE BLAZE rpHIRTY-FIVE people 1 were rendered home-* less yesterday when, in 20 minutes. the employees' quarters (an Bttftp building) at the Kirn Lam Brickworks. Aljunied Road, Singapore, were destroyed by fire. Firemen saved two huts and a kitchen the roof s of which had caught
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    Sentence is quashed
    55 7 George Yeo Peck Tiew. who appealed against a conviction and sentence of eight months' imprisonment on a charge of cheating, had the conviction and sentence quashed on appeal in Singanore High Court yesterday. Yen had been convicted on a charge O f cheating Hagemeyer Trading Co. (M)
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    OLD RAFFLESIANS
    57 7 The officials of the Old Rafflesians' Association of Singapore for the year are: President. Mr. A. P Rajah: vice-president. Mr. Lav Kiang Hionp; secretary. Mr. Tan Boon E?np: treasurer, Mr. Chew Charm Khuan; committee: Messrs. K. M. R. Menon. T Kasinathan, Quck Keng S'.ang, Su Hong Wan. Woon
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    Marine school to open soon
    90 7 Marine school to open soon AFTER nearly a year's delay because of the difficulty in getting staff, the Singapore Government's Marine School will soon open at the Marine Hostel in Anson Road. The Engineering Instructor. Mr. G. R. Hodges has arrived from Britain, and is busy buying text-books, charts and
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    23 7 101.1 SKI SHL'DDANANDA ttHARATI. the Hindu leader spiritualist (with garland) pictured on his arrival at Kallane airport yesterday with friends. Peter Robinson picture.
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    $2 mil. sent to China in April
    45 7 A total of $2,045,638 was sent by Chinese in Malaya to relatives living in China in April. Of this mm, $1,231 025 went from Singapore. This included remittances made by residents of the Federation through banks m Singapore
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    ANNIVERSARY
    29 7 The Paya Lebar Methodist Church will be celebrating their church anniversary with a thanksgiving service on Sunday at 10.00 a.m. The Kuest preacher is the Rev. Joe Kennedy.
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    Bid to settle P&T disDute
    62 7 Mr pEPRESENTATIVEB of the Singapore Post and Tele-' graph Uniformed Staff Union, yesterday met Government representatives for the second time since the union served a twe -weeks' strike notice on Government on Apr. 29. No decision was reached, but the union representatives are expected to
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    YOGI, 73, ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE
    143 7 Garlanded at airport A HINDU LEADER and spiritualist. Yogi Sri Shuddananda Bharati, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Air Ceylon on a two-month tour of Singapore and the Federation. The yogi, who is 73. began his tour with a programme which started in the morning and
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    Gieseking gives recital tonight
    55 7 WORLD-FAMOUS pianist Walter Gieseking gives the first of his two concerts in Singapore Beethoven sonata recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall, at 845 tonight. The concerts are presented by Singapore Musical Society. Gieseking's recital on Sunday will include Bach's first Partita, Mozart's Sonata X.331. Brahms' Inter
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    Invited to U.S. conference
    67 7 I Dr. E. H. G. Dobby, Profe* sor of Geography at the University of Malaya, has been invited to attend a conference on South-East Asian affairs at the John Hopkins University in the United States in August. The conference, which will last from Aug. 11 to
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    'Wake up' call to Johore
    80 7 up and exercise your right to vote in the Johore Bahru Town Council Elections or you will suffer for your apathy," warned Dr. M. Birchee Johore State Councillor and a prominent Chinese leader, yesterday in a special message to the Chinese communities in Johore Bahru.
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    Govt. aims to train diplomats
    166 7 KUALA LUMPUK. Wed. fHB Federation Government had been consulting the British Government about derlslng means of giving Malayan officials training in foreign service work, said the acting Chief Secretary Mr W N Godsall in the Federal Legislative Council today. He was eplyine to Inche Abdif
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    Farewell on ship
    47 7 .<ii.Mi>LßB OF THE SINGAPORE BRANCH of the Ex- Women's Royal Naval Ser vice Association, toast their secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Margery Grimes, who will shortly be leaving th« Colony. The party was held on board II M s Laburnum yesterday. Straits Times pic ture.
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    TOOK NOTE FOR $1,500 (FOR $900 LOAN) court told
    348 7 DATAN SINGH, a moneylender, of Spooner Street. Singapore, appeared In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday on a summons charge alleging that he took as security for a loan of $900 a promissory note in which the principal was knowingly and
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    11 couples for wedding
    62 7 ELEVEN couples from Singapore and the Federation have so far reglsteied for the third Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A. mass wedding at the Victoria Memorial Hall on June 7 at 2 p.m. A Chinese V.M.C.A. spokesman yesterday said that the closing date for registration had been extended to
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    Four gaoled for rioting
    90 7 |X)UR men, alleged to be F members of a secret society, were brought before the Singapore First Police Magistrate. Mr. R. C. S. Bell, i yesterday, on a charge of riot- I ing and causing hurt to Bhum I Sun Cheong at Temple Street i on
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    Rotary dinner
    33 7 Mr. Alfred R. Hogg, pre-sident-designate of the Singapore Rotary Club, and other new officials for 1852--1953 will be installed during i the Rotary annual dinner at Raffles Hotel on June 26.
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    This was 'vital loss' to bandits
    270 7 This was 'vital loss' to bandits WHEN a bandit com- pany commander, Lip Khoon, was shot dead by security forces, terrorist propaganda captured later said he had been "gloriously sacrificed" and that his death was "an important and heart-rending loss to the bandit troops." This is disclosed in a statement
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    536 court cases last month
    54 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Last month 536 cases were tried in the police court here, of which 3£o concerned offences against the traffic regulations. The cases involved 502 persons, of whom ?36 were Chinese. 83. Indians. 81 Malays, one European and one Eurasian. The case agaiast
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    MADAM YEO IS NOT LA WFUL SECONDARY WIFE—COURT
    564 8 MADAM YEO IS NOT LA WFUL SECONDARY WIFE— COURT Judge refers to 'escape to happiAess' fJOLDING that Madam Yeo Siew Neo had failed to prove her claim to have been a secondary wife, Mr. Justice Rogers, in the Singapore High Court yesterday, dismissed her application for a share in the
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    84 8 "hat a ieam. eleven healthy young players ready to take on anyone o r anything. No need for coloured or numbered shirts. the v all look the same. And as for positions they change them so Quickly any de- n c 1 would baffled. Bull mastiffs Marko and v r
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    $3,835,000 SPENT ON WAR DAMAGE DEPARTMENT
    97 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rE COST of maintaining th«- War Damage Claims Department is about 5142.000 a month, stated the Financial Secretary. Mr. J E. Pepper. i n a reply to Mrs. B. H. Oon in the Federal Legislative Council today The total cost from
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    Youth Council to meet
    60 8 The Perak Christian Youth Council will hold Its annual genera] meeting on Friday at St. John's Vicarage. Ipoh. Leaders of Perak Christian youth organisations have been invited to attend a youth leadership course to be given by Miss Jean Fraser Director of the Youth DeDartment. World
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    No S'pore 'iron rush' after ore find
    112 8 TPHERE were no signs of an "iron rush'- in Singapore yesterday following the Straits Times story that iron ore existed under some Singapore rubber estates at Jurong, but at least one landowner SJfy Pl 2r rty deedS USt ln C alyst, Mr. T.
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    STALL FEES UP
    22 8 PORT DICKSPK. WedrLteence fees for seven street stalls In Port Dickson are to be increased from $15 to $30.
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    SOON THE SICK WON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL IN PIG BASKETS
    191 8 SOON THE SICK WON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL IN PIG BASKETS THWO thousand inhabitants on the island of Pulau x Tekong, four miles from Singapore, who carry their sick in pig baskets will get a wheel-stretcher very soon. They received a promise of this stretcher personally from the Governor of Singapore,
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    9 MILES-A-MINUTE BOMBER HERE
    73 8 A CANBERRA jet bomber on a delivery flight to the Royal Australian Air Force reached Changl airfield yesterday from Lyneham, England, in 14 hours 44 minutes' flying time. Its average speed had been over 542 m.p.h.. or nine miles a minute. The bomber flew across Singapore
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    172,000 tons carried by rail
    73 8 KUAIJV LUMPUR. Wed Malayan Railway carried nearly 172.000 tons of goods during March, ma kin? the total since January 475.000 tons a drop of 25,000 tons on the same period last year. Revenue from passenger trains during March was Just over $1 million while good*
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    'The family knew nothing of her'
    714 8 Except in so far as she has said that she has never In her life neen or heard of Madam f/eo. which I entirely accept, there is very little m her evidence front which I can' derive any assistance." On the question of cohabitation.
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    Making The Most Of Nylon
    261 9 Making The Most Of Nylon BECAUSE of the climate, nylon has become tx- treme>y popular in f*«f country. It seldom j rreases, and is easy to, wash and doesn't re- < quire ironing. < As tt is rather expen- sire, care must be taken not to ruin the mat- <
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    Take Your 'Fridge* Out For A Ride
    440 9  - Take Your 'Fridge* Out For A Ride \vivienne \grainger\ /f y **«v«w fN these trying days of power cuU, many women besides those on estates may be lempted to ask their husbands for oil-burn-\ng refrti?erators which run independently of the men at the power stations. rm» b a soieian warning
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    DRESS OF THE WEEK
    70 9 DRESS OF THE WEEK TWO beat* im«|>arabl« arc I shown this week Eton are perfect tor lh« hot weathe Mm are enduring at the moment LEFT: In water -resiftam gtaz«d cotton thi» sun-and-twim-suit has a Kafter neck anc baßomer' leg* Th« full skirt -natches and makes a pretty drew for
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    HOUSEWIVES GO BACK TO SCHOOL
    301 9  -  MARY GOULD EVERY year the University of Maryland to the United States of America opens its doors to housewives, and (or five days those housewives lire like students They eat to tbe campus dining-room. They sleep is tbe ooramltoteav They attend lectures, and atng tonaxa.
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    Daughters by proxy
    209 9 rE other day an attractive girl, taking an old couple from the c«mtry bewildered at tbe vastness and noise of London across the city to catch train for Liver- pool, there to board a stup j for Canada, where they were to visit a son, confessed ta
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      239 9 Straits Times Crossword I i? 7~" 4 is T~ S"" j HEBj 22 I j j« I j^ ACROSS <■ Cu-"».. e.xtUi'&iu.aUi? i 7». wMial'v blows ht» own v J* 00 (8). presaaSL A) ST !WBe \i? r MtmvU h 8. Aoottier atate (8) 14 To "P l9 be cOßnijie
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    58 10 PIIIN shot almost beat Ar okianathan, the Aryan Gym--1 khana goalkeeper. He Just managed to stop the ball frwm croMlne the goal line with bis rljht hand. Arokianathan played a brilliant game but was unable to save his side from a 5-3 defeat by Selangor Chinese BC— their first In
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    THIS TIE
    324 10 Hassan's efforts were of no avail REME 5; BODCA 0. PLAYING determined and thrustful soccer, top-of-the-feague REME scored a hoilow s—o5 0 victory over bottom-of-the-league BODCA in a SAFA Div. I game yesterday Hollow, because BODCA, with relegation staring them in the face, offered timid resistance to an
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    SOCCER RESULTS
    45 10 SINGAPORE DIV. 1: BEME 5, BODCA DIV. SB: BODCA 'A' t < onmoa Hi. Volunteer Police I, BHB Police S. BUS. HOUSES LGE: Slanvsc 1, HK Bank K>> 2. Breweries 2; told Storage 'B 1. Bouatrads L PENANG COMMUNITY LGE: Malays 2, Indian, 1.
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    244 10 nr*HE Singapore tennis star Ong Chew Bee whese appearance at Wimbledon last year aroused speculation among a section of the crowd as to whether he was Korean (North or South). Indo-Chinese, Annamite or Siamese won all three titles at the YMCA open championships in Singapore
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    102 10 iy ITH a forward line that was constantly on the attack. Hongkong Bank "A" outclassed Stanvac S.C. 6—l In a Business Houses P.A. Dlv. 1 match at Thomson Road yesterday. Bata Sports Club and Breweries S.C. drew 3-all in a Business Houses FA Div. 3 match
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    COSMOS NET 10
    57 10 (COSMOS B.C. pumped 10 goals past BODCA "A" In a Dlv. 3B match at Oeylang yesterday. BODCA played the first half wtth only nine men. and the second with ten. It was too easy for Cosmos, who scored five goals In each half. Scorers were Chandra (4).
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    BROWN TO LEAD M.C.C. v INDIA
    58 10 LONDON. Wed— Freddie Brown has been invited to captain a strong MCC team to oppose 'India at Lord's on May 17. In"ltatjon* have been sent to the foiowlng Freddie Brown. Trevor BalVev. Reg Simpson. D B. Carr. Denis Compton. Tom Orav^ney. Dick Spooner. John
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    V.S.C's DOWN 5-1
    178 10 rpHK Volunteer Special Conatabul- ary BC. went down 5-1 at the hands of Singapore Harbour Board Police in a Div. 3B maicb at the CTMA ground yesterday The Specials defence, which was good m the first half, when the scores were one-all, was all at sea after
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    Last trial for 5 Helsinki 'hopes'
    323 10 By Our Swimming Reporter riUR determined Singapore youths— Welbe Wolters, Lav Buong Hoo, and the Mitchell brothers, Barry and Keith— will swim their fastest at the Chinese Swimming Club on Tuesday, May 13, at 5.15 p.m. in their final effort to equal or better
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    Surrey 1994 all out 219
    197 10 LONDON, Wed. CURRET, after an excellent start against the touring Indian cricket side at the Oval, collapsed after 1M for four, their last six wickets falling for an addition of only 30 runs. At eUee India ware 04 far few. A bitter east wind undcubteaiy
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    CHESTER CUP
    42 10 CHESTKR Wed— Mr. J. WetoU's ir Tetter won the Chester Cup. run over 3 mites J fur. aad 77 yarda here this afternoon. Lord MUford'a ■astern Emperor was second and Mrs. A. O. Samuel's Napoleon Bonaparte third. Fourteen ran Reuter.
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    GOVERNOR'S CUP ON MAY 24
    502 10 Two valuable races the Governor's Cup (lUm.) and the Summer Cup <6f.) will be run at Bukit Timah during the Singapore Turf Clubs summer meeting which begins on May 17. Entries total 172—81 Class 1 horses and 91 from Class 2 —of which 80 are
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    219 11 LONDON Wed. TtfAJOR Interest la the London ax Stock Exchange today was again In Government securities. They were up to one-quarter of a point better on small buying which encountered a shortage of stock. Closing middle prices of selected stocks were: Consols ft* w iiimt CnarWrM H U»-r»otll«
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    180 11 Pi em Oar Own C«*Teapoae)ent. MELBOURNE, Wed. CHARES drifted to lower lertla In a dull market at U* Stock Exchange today. A review of Australia's economic future tended to further obtain the Investment outlook Share dealing* were ipaamodlc and some of the leaden loot ground. The next
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    U.K. RUBBER
    28 11 LONDON, May 7..— 8p0t 2»\A. June 2t\d July-Sept MVid.. Oct. -Dec 27 >,d Jan-Mar 24^d. May elf. 28>»d June c.i.f. 28\d., Julycl.f. 27% d. Market: Steadier.
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    37,360 lb. produced
    16 11 The Bukit KatU Rubber Estates Limited produced 37,360 lb. of rubber last month.
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    RUBBER RECOVERS: CLOSES AT 95¼ CENTS
    214 11 From A Market Correspondent "THE spate of nervous selling abated somewhat 1 yesterday In the Singapore Rubber Market, and prices generally showed welcome recovery following slightly increased trade support. A" few orders came from abroad, with demands concentrated for lower grade*. Business opened slightly
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    TIN: $479 A PICUL
    12 11 SINGAPORE, Wed., May 7— W7t a picul (up
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    London Price
    28 11 LONDON, May 7.— Cash Bayers £M 4' 2 Seller* £M 9: Forward Buyers £f*2i&, Sellers £MSH; Settlement £M4H; <«n--changed). T»rnover: ajsk 1H t— m; »jn. 4o).
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    PEPPER IS UP AGAIN
    76 11 rfiHß major sections of the Srn--1 rapore Produce Market were| •t*adter yesferday. Price* In h»| pepper section again moved up. Muntok changing hands at $M 6 a plcul for one ton )ooae. Sarawak being offered at 1540 and Lampong black at »4is Sellers held on In
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    MALAYAN SHARES Tin gets support
    159 11 MALAYAN SHARES Tin gets support rCES eased further in all section* of the Malayan Bhare Market yesterday, although bargain hunters were active In a few selected Rubber counters and there was a certain amount of support in the Tin section at the lower levels. Yesterday's price change^ »n--nounced by the
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    Ayer Molek crop
    19 11 The robber crop of the Ayer i Molek Rubber Company for last month was 26.689 lb.
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    12,500 TONS OF TIN TREATED
    44 11 LAST month, 12 500 tot* were' treated and 220 tons tin concentrates produced by Pahang Consolidated Company, Minitcd. Kuala Reman Rubber Estates, Limited obtained 146.900 lb. of rubber and Songel Kinta Tin Dredging Limited prcducrd 2M piculs of tin.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    188 11 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godownt "or expected there at 7 am. today are-1-1. Tilluwah: 4-3. Surat. CoaJ Plant Ginko Mam. 6-7. Rajvla: 8-9. Taron; 11. Rajah Brooke: 14. Rbnau: 15-16. Pyrrhua: It. Automedon: N W. 6. Mentakab; 11-11. Incharran 23-24. Maettuycker; 25-26. Tonghal; 27-28. Boleh: M-M.
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    Observation gets his turn again
    355 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By HAS RUN BEST AT PENANG PENANG, Wednesday. CPEEDY Observation ran a right good race at Kuala Lumpur last month when he attempted to "steal" a 6f sprint with an early breakaway. For fully threequarters of the journey this Panorama gelding took Sealed
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    84 12 \CC 1 Mi LUCKY TOM Treat Fan LUCKY TOM ITTMt M TKBNT FALL Lack; Tom Tkute lACS t 2.45 BUNGA Clniurg Prteee Dinar DINAR DINAR (ln<m Prince Saaralnr 1 REGARDS tin SERPENTINE Mr. Tl« 1.45 PAKK 4.15 M. MOULDINGS ObMrrmtton BrUlUnt Mat* ■■ITT UP «l» Pa* OBSEEVATION
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    148 12 Scratchings point to Winagain PENANG Wed. T*HE scratching of Trooella and Honourbright may be taken as a strong pointer to Wlnagaia's chances in Race Three. This nicely built grey by Magic Red ha« done satisfactory work on the track since ht& return from XX. where be missed both his engagement*.
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    24 12 TODAY 'S GOING ftiEU was rain la Peaaag x yesterday evening aad the roiag far today', races la n*ety a« yieiamg. report* Eaaom Jeaa.
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    778 12 PENANG, Wednesday. ttPEEDY Binnton has been racing consistently since he recaptured his best form his form figures read *****2 and in a 5 Jf. sprint I think he is worth an each-way bet in Race Five There was plenty of merit in his second
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    37 12 TWE AMATEUR TIPSTER, somewhat deterred by his amazing run of bad luck as he calls It today picks DAR-F.S-SALAAM (Race Seven) The A.T. says that Is where he Is going If It doesn't win.
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    912 12 ACCEPTORS and probable jockeys for today's races at Penang are given below. The Big Sweep win be drawn on Race 8. Horses scratched from all engagements are: Lianda, Rupert, Running Footman, Payeur, Parlock. Brecongill, Jeannette, Pali toy, Albert M. and Cobro. Race 1—2.15: Class 5, Dlv. 4—
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    146 12 DA VE SANDS DEFENDS HIS EMPIRE TITLE MELBOURNE. Wed. r>AVE SANDS defends his Brt- tUh Empire middleweight tlUe for the first time since he took It from Dick Turpin in 1349, when be meets Al Bourke. Victorian champion, here on Friday #t The flght may be tougher for tends than
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    562 12 THESE ARYANS LACK THE 1949 THRUST,SPARKLE By SENTINEL COMPARISONS, they say, are odious. But I prefer v to think that Is true only when they are intended to be so. And It is no part of my Intention to belittle the Aryan Gymkhana soccer team now touring Malaya, even though
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    134 12 TOKYO. Wed. WORLD flyweight champion TT Dado Marino will be In top shape by May 19, and will successfully defend his crown against challenger Yoshlo Shlrai, Japanese flyweight, said Sam Ichlnose, Marino's manager today. Marino and Shlrai are scheduled to go 15 rounds In the
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